Here’s a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A retired Chicago physicist has put his 1988 Nobel Prize up for auction. The minimum bid for Leon Lederman's medal is $325,000. The 92-year-old says it's been sitting on a shelf for decades…
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has announced an $11 million multi-state settlement with Classmates Inc., Florists’ Transworld Delivery Inc. and FTD.com Inc. over misleading marketing and billing practices, including signing Idaho customers up for goods or services unless they specifically rejected the offers. “Idaho consumers…
Larry Kenck, chairman of the Idaho Democratic Party, will resign Saturday for medical reasons, the party announced today; party Vice Chair Jeanne Buell will become acting chair and will head the search for Kenck’s replacement. Kenck was just re-elected in March to a second two-year...
More staff changes are being announced at the state Department of Education, where Lisa Colon is being promoted to director of teacher certification and the professional standards commission. Colon is currently the department’s educator effectiveness coordinator; she’ll replace Taylor Raney, who announced in March that…
The chairs of the Idaho House and Senate transportation committees, Rep. Joe Palmer, R-Meridian, and Sen. Bert Brackett, R-Rogerson, will be featured in a free panel discussion and Q-and-A session on Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. in Meridian, sponsored by COMPASS, the community planning association. The…
Here’s Rep. Heather Scott’s reaction to the news that Oberto Brands in Seattle, a leading manufacturer of beef jerky, is planning to send her a free case of jerky: “Wow! That is awesome! What a generous act of kindness.” Scott, R-Blanchard, attracted the company’s attention...
The unsettled weather that’s brought rain, hail, wind and thunderstorms to the region isn’t entirely over yet, but this week’s weather in Boise is expected to gradually calm down and warm up to hit 90 degrees by next weekend. This photo is from McCall on…
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